Joint-bodied btjggy



h E. J. GREEN,

' Carriage-Body.

Patented June 6, I854.

EDWIN J. GREEN, OF VALPARAISO, INDIANA.

J'OINT-IBODIED BU'GGY.

Specification of Iietters Patent No. 11,042, dated June 6, 1854.

To all whom it mag concern Be it known that I, EDWIN J. GREEN, of Valparaiso, in the county of Porter and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manner of Con 'structing J oint- Bodied Buggies; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of these specifications, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a buggy with my improvement attached.

The nature of my improvement in the construction of buggies and other light carriages, is in the manner of constructing the steel spring reach and braces and attaching the same to the vehicle in the manner hereinafter described, to work in connection with the metallic joint body by my improved method, which gives them strength and durability never before attained inthe manufacture of carriages of this description.

Each side of the body of the buggy is composed of two plates of cast iron marked A and B, working in the center on the knuckle joint marked C. The sides of the body are connected by the end boards marked F, F, F, and the bottom boards G, G. Under the seat is placed crosswise of the body, the half spring H. The body is connected to the spring bar I, at the fore end and to the axle J at the rear end by means of the body loops K, K, K. The spring bar I is connected to the fore axle L by means of the king bolt M.

My modeof constructing the spring steel reach N, and combining its operation with the joint bodied buggy, is by taking a piece of two inch spring steel and splitting one end of it a suflicient length to form the braces marked 0 O, leaving about eighteen inches of the bar of full width. I then forge down the remainder of the bar until itis of the Width of one or one and a quarter inches, leaving shoulders marked P in the wide part of the bar; near the fork formed by the division of the spring reach, I make an aperture (see letter Q) through which I pass the narrow part of the reach, thus forming the circular spring R; the reach is then attached to the fore axle at the king bolt M,

and to the rear axle at the bolts of the body until the shoulders P, strike at the aperture Q, thus taking the strain ofi from the metallic plates B, b, and the half spring H, and prevents their breaking, which they are very liable to do when constructed without the reach.

The construction ofbuggies with metallic side plates, knuckle joint C, and half spring H, has been a great desideratum on account of their cheapness, comfort, and convenience, but this has hitherto been prevented by the breaking of the knuckle joint and metallic sides and half spring, no method having been devised, by which to allow their use and play, and at the same time prevent the fore and hind axles from being thrown too far apart by the weight of the load in the buggy or by obstacles on the road. My in vention obviates this difliculty. My spring brace reach operates as a spring, gradually stiffening up to a certain point, when it then operates as a brace to prevent the axles being thrown any farther apart.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, I Would state that I do not claim a joint-bodied buggy, wit-h a spring under the seat as that has been described in the patent of James C. Spencer, of the 27 May, 1851; nor do I claim the invention of a spring reach which shall allow the separation of the front and rear axles to a certain extent, and then act as a tie to prevent their further separation, as the patent of C. H. Guard, of June 10th, 1851, embraces a spring reach which performs this office; nor

do I claim a spring reach with one point of connection on the center of the front axle, and two points of connection equidistant from the center, on the rear axle; as th1s 1s embraced in the patent of Starr F .airchild,

of the 18 January, 1848. But

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a spring reach of the peculiar form and construction, as described. with a joint-bodied buggy of the form and style of that patented by J as. C. Spencer; by means of which greater strength is given to the buggy, and an easy and elastic seat given to the driver, with less expense, and greater simplicity than has been hitherto used for like purposes.

E. J. GREEN. Witnesses presentL GEO. H. CoNeAR, H. S. DANIELS. 

